It is military common sense that cavalry are not good at attacking cities.
The reason is also very simple, the cavalry who come and go like the wind will not carry siege equipment.
What's more, the siege of Ants requires human lives, and no sane general is willing to spend precious cavalry in the siege battle.
Of course, if the city gate can be opened through internal response, sneak attack, deception, etc., then for the cavalry, the difficulty of attacking the city will immediately drop by several levels.
This is the situation for the Blood Cavalry Army now.
Enter through the open north city gate, gallop through the wide streets, if you can defeat all the resistance before the enemy is caught off guard, then the overall situation of Bailu City is settled.
However, if the enemy cannot be defeated at once, it will be a little troublesome for the Blood Cavalry Army.
After all, cavalry coordination is the key to occupying the city. Without infantry support, the cavalry will pay a high price to completely wipe out the enemy in the city.
Because this is not a field battle, once the city gate is broken, and the battle cannot be resolved quickly, then it will fall into the stage of brutal and bloody street fighting.
In this regard, infantry has a natural advantage over cavalry.
Of course, it doesn't mean that cavalry can't fight street fighting, but they will lose their greatest advantage.
The Blood Cavalry Army seemed unwilling to fall into the quagmire of street fighting, and launched the most violent offensive as soon as they entered the city. Moreover, their attack target was also very clear——
It's not Bailu Castle, the ruling core of the Eastern Territory, but the Hall family's manor!
Starting from breaking through the north city gate, the defenders, who were caught off guard and lacked combat experience, were almost collapsed under the sudden and fierce attack of the blood cavalry army.
Even though the general in charge of the defense of the northern city managed to gather thousands of soldiers, the hastily formed infantry formation could not withstand the charge of the blood cavalry.
After the First World War, these thousands of infantry from the Eastern Realm were crushed almost instantly by the Blood Cavalry Army, and turned into a one-sided massacre. That section of the street was covered with corpses of soldiers from the Eastern Realm, layers upon layers, blood flowing like a river, Extend far.
The situation in Beicheng completely collapsed like this.
The blood cavalry army didn't intend to stay at all, and immediately started to march towards the east city where the Hall family was located.
Looking from a high altitude, I saw fire dragons starting from the north city gate and quickly spreading to the east. Wherever they went, hooves sounded like thunder, and there were killing sounds everywhere.
But when the vanguard of the Blood Cavalry rushed into the east city, they immediately noticed that the situation here was completely different from that in the north city.
Rows of Eastern soldiers embraced huge shields, pointed out their spears, and formed a hedgehog-like army formation on the street, and on the roofs of houses on both sides of the street, there were archers constantly shooting arrows.
This is obviously well prepared!
Moreover, based on the speed at which the Blood Cavalry Army broke through the North City, the army formation on the East City side may have begun to line up before the Blood Cavalry Army even entered the city!
How is that possible
Clive brandished his lance and swept away the arrows that were coming towards him. Then he immediately summoned the messenger and ordered:
"You return to the North City immediately, inform the Logue Knights of the situation here, and say that the defenders of the East City have long been prepared. This is probably a trap!"
"yes!"
The orderly took the order and left.
But Clive's eyes returned to the front, looking at the defenders of the eastern border who had already been waiting in full force, but he didn't have the slightest intention of retreating.
Even if there is a trap ahead, under the military order, he must lead the army forward!
"Warriors in the north, kill them all with me!"
"rush!"
…
Upstairs in the North City.
The Logue knight quietly listened to the front-line information brought back by the messenger, and remained silent.
He was staring at the direction of the east city, where the smoke filled the air and the sound of killing was loud.
Even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, the Logue knight could guess the brutality of the battle in the East City.
Apparently, the eastern border army took advantage of the geographical advantage there to pull the Blood Cavalry Army into brutal street fighting.
Compared with Beicheng, which is easy and freehand, and can be defeated in one blow, it seems that there is the real hell.
The adjutant on the side saw that the Logue knight had been silent for a long time, and couldn't help reminding:
"My lord, the St. Pross family has obviously been prepared. I'm afraid this is really a trap targeting the Blood Cavalry Army!"
The Logue knight sneered, and said: "Then we have to see if the traps of the people from the Eastern Border can trap this beast like the Blood Cavalry Army!"
The adjutant hesitated for a moment, and didn't say any more words of remonstrance, but turned his gaze to the direction of Dongcheng.
One after another, the fire dragons representing the blood cavalry army were obviously hindered and their speed was greatly reduced.
However, compared to the newly formed Tianma Legion, a strong army like the Blood Cavalry Army is not a little bit stronger in combat effectiveness. Even when they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, arms, and geographical advantages, they are still advancing towards the goal with difficulty.
While the battle was in turmoil, another messenger hurried over and reported to the Logue knights:
"My lord, the sentry riders outside the city have found traces of the enemy!"
The Logue knight was startled, and immediately asked: "How many people are there? How far is it from us?"
"The sky is too dark to accurately ascertain the location and specific situation of the enemy army, but judging from the marching traces left by the opponent, this is definitely an army of tens of thousands of people!"
Knight Logue shuddered, his brows furrowed tightly.
The adjutant couldn't bear it any longer, and said:
"My lord, the Pegasus Legion is in the city, and the lord coalition army should be outside. This is definitely a trap! We have been fooled!
It is still too late to gather the troops and retreat, otherwise we will really be trapped to death in Bailu City when the army outside the city surrounds the North Gate! "
The Logue knight didn't speak, but just stared in the direction of Dongcheng.
The adjutant persuaded again: "My lord, I suspect that Marquis Vincent betrayed us, even if we successfully break through the defense positions in the East City, it is impossible to take the Hall family away!
Therefore, you should order the withdrawal of troops as soon as possible! "
The Logue knight turned his head and asked seriously: "Are you sure that Marquis Vincent betrayed us?"
"Of course! It must be the Marquis Vincent who disclosed our plan to the Duke of St. Pros.
Otherwise, with the speed at which we rushed all the way, how could the Duke of St. Pross possibly have time to summon the army of the lords and let them lie in ambush outside the city to block our retreat? "
Seeing that the Logue knight was still hesitating, the adjutant persuaded again: "Actually, this is not surprising. After all, Marquis Vincent is from the Eastern Region. Even if he agreed to cooperate with us, there is no guarantee that he will not change his mind. The Earl did not change his mind at the beginning. This man should be trusted…”
"Are you questioning the Earl?" Knight Logue interrupted coldly.
The adjutant immediately lowered his head and said, "Don't dare!"
Knight Logue took a deep look at the adjutant, and said, "Go to Dongcheng to supervise the battle in person, and within three hours, you must kill the Hall family's manor!"
"yes!"
Afterwards, the Logue knight ordered to the messenger:
"Let the sentinel find the location of the army outside the city, and report their movements to me at any time!"
"yes!"
(end of this chapter)